It's usually my policy to read the book before I see the movie. I haven't stuck with it one-hundred percent, but the times I did see the movie before reading the book brought into relief the benefits of seeing the movie before reading the book.
I forget what I was saying.
Oh, right. Benefits Of Seeing The Movie Before Reading The Book:
Here they are:
1. People who read the book first usually have high expectations for the movie, and are consequently very angry when the movie-makers make changes or leave something out. People who haven't read the book can watch the movie without inevitable book-bias and can more easily enjoy the movie.
*I'm just making this up; I haven't taken polls or surveys or anything.
2. Seeing the movie can make a person want to read the book, and once he reads the book he has all these wonderful surprises that he wasn't expecting because the movie-makers left them out of the movie. Like for instance: when you watch The Lord of the Rings for the first time, you might get excited when Merry and Pippin join Frodo and Sam, and you think "hey, it's the firework guys, I liked them!" and then you read the book and when Merry and Pippin say they're joining Frodo and Sam, you bawl with happy feelings and think "THEY'RE SO SWEET I LOVE THEM SO MUCH."
I thought I had more.
Never mind, I don't.
Good night!
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